Nominations for the James Madison and Eileen Cooke awards are due on January 20th.  Please nominate people / groups who have championed, protected and promoted public access to government information and the public’s right to know.

The James Madison Award, named in honor of President James Madison, was established in 1986 to celebrate an individual or group who has brought awareness to these issues at the national level. Madison is widely regarded as the Father of the Constitution and as the foremost advocate for openness in government.

Libraries everywhere are creating exciting promotional materials:  newsletters, program announcements, reading celebrations, advocacy materials, fundraising

The American Library Association is accepting applications through Feb.

The American Library Association’s Office for Research and Statistics is accepting applications from innovative researchers for the annual Carroll Preston B

The American Library Association's Office for Research and Statistics is now accepting applications for Justin Winsor Library History Essay Award, an award

The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) of the American Library Association is inviting submissions for two awards named for Jesse H. Shera.

Underfunded libraries, schools and non-traditional organizations that provide educational services to children are invited to apply to receive one of three

The National Endowment for Humanities foundation is sponsoring a grant program called Creating Humanities Communities.  The program "...provides matching grants to help stimulate and proliferate meaningful humanities activities in states and U.S. territories underserved by NEH’s grantmaking divisions and offices. Grantees will use the funds to establish and undertake new humanities programs.  The goal of these grants is to make connections between organizations that will foster community cohesion on a local or regional level.

The ALA Learning Round Table will award up to $1,000 to an individual to attend a professional development event between July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.  The award recipient will be required to share their new learning with other Round Table members in some way (newsletter, blog, list serv, etc.).  Applicants do not have to be ALA members to apply.  Applicants must respond to this Survey Monkey questionnaire by February 15, 2017 at 11:59 pm CST. 

Literacy grants enable educational agencies to provide reading, writing, math, and/or English language instruction to adults who lack basic academic skills enabling them to fully engage in family, work and community roles. The Illinois State Library's Adult Literacy grant programs are divided into the following three categories of service to address the different needs of the low-literate population: